| Description |
xxiv, 280 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. |
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Exploring America's historic treasures |
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AASLH exploring America's historic treasures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
General Introduction -- Part I : Jewish Life in Early America (Before 1820) -- Chapter 1 : The First Rabbi : Portrait of Isaac Aboab -- Chapter 2 : Power Portraits : The Levy-Franks Family -- Chapter 3 : The Oldest Synagogue : Touro Synagogue -- Chapter 4 : A Jewish Wedding : Marriage Contract, 1779 -- Chapter 5 : Masterpieces of Metalwork : Myer Myers Rimmonim -- Chapter 6 : To Bigotry No Sanction : Washington's Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport -- Part II : Expansion and Diversity, 1820-1880 -- Chapter 7 : Ambition and Aspiration : The Maryland Jew Bill -- Chapter 8 : The Beginnings of Reform : Interior of Beth Elohim -- Chapter 9 : On the Road : The Peddler's Wagon -- Chapter 10 : Educating the Children : An American Catechism -- Chapter 11 : Small-Town Jews : The Jewish Burial Ground -- Chapter 12 : Regeneration versus Reform : Leeser's Occident -- Chapter 13 : Counselor to the Confederacy : Judah P : Benjamin -- Chapter 14 : The First Blue Jeans : Levi Strauss's Denim Pants -- Chapter 15 : Celebration and Conflict : The Trefa Banquet Menu -- Part III : A Great Migration, 1880-1924 -- Chapter 16 : Mother of Exiles : "The New Colossus" -- Chapter 17 : Cathedrals of Commerce : The Hutzler Palace Cabinet -- Chapter 18 : A Parliament of Women : The Jewish Women's Congress -- Chapter 19 : Back to the Land : Jewish Agricultural Colonies -- Chapter 20 : Education, Entertainment, Art : The Forward Linotype -- Chapter 21 : Strike of the 20,000 : Labor Protest Banners and Signs -- Chapter 22 : The Edge of a Dream : A Lower East Side Tenement -- Chapter 23 : A Taste of Home : A Landsmanshaft Banner -- Chapter 24 : Toy Craze : The Teddy Bear -- Chapter 25 : American Work : The JWB Siddur -- Part IV : Getting Comfortable in America, 1920-1967 -- Chapter 26 : The First Talkie : The Jazz Singer -- Chapter 27 : A Container for Charity : The JNF Blue Box -- Chapter 28 : The Passion of Ben Shahn : Sacco and Vanzetti -- Chapter 29 : Leaving Egypt : The Maxwell House Haggadah -- Chapter 30 : Honoring the Serviceman : The Beth Jacob Banner -- Chapter 31 : The First Recognition : Truman's Torah -- Chapter 32 : Prime-Time Jews : The Goldbergs -- Chapter 33 : When You Live in Hawaii : Community Cookbooks -- Chapter 34 : Tragedy, Ecstasy, Doom : No : 46 (Black, Ochre, Red over Red) by Mark Rothko -- Chapter 35 : A Worthy Use of Summer : Camp Ramah -- Chapter 36 : The American Dream : Goodbye, Columbus -- Chapter 37 : The Borscht Belt : Catskill Resorts -- Chapter 38 : Protestant, Catholic, Jew : Three Chapels at Brandeis -- Chapter 39 : Modeling Torah-True Judaism : Chabad House -- Chapter 40 : The Shtetl Revisited : Fiddler on the Roof -- Part V : Contemporary Life and Its Challenges, 1967 - Present -- Chapter 41 : DIY Judaism : Havurat Shalom -- Chapter 42 : Jewish Women Call for Change : Ezrat Nashim -- Chapter 43 : Let Our People Go : The Rally for Soviet Jewry -- Chapter 44 : Never Again : The U :S : Holocaust Memorial Museum -- Chapter 45 : The New Jewish Food Movement : Urban Adamah -- Chapter 46 : First, Earn Their Trust : Campaign Buttons -- Chapter 47 : Visual Commentary : Lilith by Siona Benjamin -- Chapter 48 : Acts of Bigotry : The Tree of Life Synagogue Murders -- Chapter 49 : One in Ten : Pride T-shirt -- Chapter 50 : The Long Conversation : Judaism on the Internet |
| Summary |
"This full-color book offers students and general readers new perspectives on the rich complexity of Jewish experiences in America. Each of the treasures is described in historical, material, and visual contexts, offering readers new, unexpected insights into the meanings of Jewish life, history, and culture"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Exploring American Jewish History through 50 Historic Treasures offers students and general readers new perspectives on the rich complexity of Jewish experiences in America. As one of America's most fascinating and enduring minorities, American Jews have played key roles in every era of American history and every region of the country. The 50 treasures are depicted in full color and range from a family cookbook to a college campus and include items that are iconic, ordinary, and whimsical. Each of the treasures is described in historical, material, and visual contexts, offering readers new, unexpected insights into the meanings of Jewish life, history, and culture. -- Provided by publisher. |
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Jews -- Material culture -- United States.
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Jews -- United States -- Social life and customs.
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Jews -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Social life and customs.
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| Added Title |
Exploring American Jewish history through fifty historic treasures |
| ISBN |
9781538115619 hardcover |
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1538115611 hardcover |
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